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DANIEL KAUFMAN, OF BOILING SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 68,991, dated September 17, 1867. i

IMPROVEMENT IN FENGES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, DANIL KAUFMAN, of Boiling Springs, in the county of Cumberland, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fences; and I do hereby declare that the fol- .i lowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled `inV the art to make and i use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Yin whichi Figure 1 is a side view of aportion of my improved fence.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-.section of the same, taken through the line :1: rv, iig. 1.

Figure 3 is a detail horizontal section of the same, taken through the line yy, iig. 1.

Similar letters of referenceA indicate corresponding parts,

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved fence, so' constructed and arranged that the posts will be no more liable to decay than the boards orrails, which may be easily set up and taken down, and conveniently moved from place to place. And it consists inthe construction and combination of the parts and braces or supports, and in the combination of the Vshoes with the lower ends of the inclined supports, the whole being constructed and arranged as hereinafter more fully described.

A are the posts of the fence, which are mortised for the reception of the ends of the rails. TheA posts- AV desbend yery little lower than the lowest rail, so that their lower ends may be at all times above the surface of the ground, so as never to come in contact with the ground. B are inclined braces or supports,"v the upper ends of which are pinned or otherwise secured to the sides of the posts A, near their upper ends, and the lower parts of which are connected to the posts A, and secured 'in their proper relative positions by the horizontal bar or brace C, the middle partof which is securely attached to the lower part'of thc posts A, and the ends of which are secured to the lower parts of thebraces or supports B. D are shoes or sockets `upon which the lowenends of the braces or supports B rest, which are secured to said braces, and the ends of which extend upon bothy i sides of the braces, so that they may be kept from moving about upon theground` by pinsdriven through` the said shoes andinto the ground, as shown in the drawings. The shoes'D may be made of metal or other suitnhlc material, and they keep the ends of the braces B from coming in contact with theground, and thus protect i them from decay. E are the rails, the ends of which are shaved off or made wedge shaped, so thattlrey may i overlap each otherin the mortises of the posts A, as shown iti the drawings, where they may be sccu-redin place f by pins or other convenient detachable means. This construction enables the fence to be easilyV set up, taken down, or moved from place to place, and at the same time it is firmly supported, sothat it may 'be used ,as an inside or outside fence with equal facility and advantage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is The shoes D, constructed substantially as herein shown' and4 described, in combination with the lower ends of the inclined braces or supports B, as and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by ine this 20th day of July, 1867.

DANIEL' KAUFMAN.

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